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John Dight of Campbell Town obtained portion 88, Parish of Jika Jika, County of Bourke, along the Yarra River. After this he built a brick mill on his land and began producing flour. -
John Dight left his land/property to go to Port Phillip -
The first steam powered flour mill was built at Dights Falls. -
The land that John bought now belongs to both John Dight and Charles Hilton Dight. -
John Dight and the Dight family stopped flour milling and abandoned the mill altogether. After that, the property was leased to Thomas Kenny. -
The property was sold to Edwin Trennery -
A new flour mill was constructed -
the enterprise (business or company) was sold -
A timber structure was built to provide water to the Melbourne flour milling company -
The land changed owners for the final time (To well known flour miller, Messrs John Darling and his son) before being destroyed in a fire. -
The first documented reconstruction occurred. -
A weir was constructed with a great deal of rock (1.5 tons to be specific) -
After heavy rainfall, a breach of the weir occurred (the weir broke). -
The original timber piles used to make the weir, were covered by concrete. -
Melbourne water constructed a rock fishway to support fish and their migration patterns. -
A new fishway was built because the old one was unsafe, was killing native fish and was discouraging biodiversity.
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